Charles Albert III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (28 February 1776 – 15 June 1843) was the 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst from 1796 to 1843.
Early life
Charles Albert III was the second child, and first son, of
(1742–1796), by his second wife, the Hungarian Baroness Judith Reviczky de Revisnye (1751–1836). His brother,
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( ; ; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the Grand title of the emperor of Austria, other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death ...
, was the founder of the branch of the Dukes of
Ratibor and Princes of
Corvey
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.
His paternal grandparents were Charles Albert I, 2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and Countess Sophie Wilhelmine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (a daughter of
Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (7 November 1690 – 11 March 1735) was the second Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
He was the sixth son and ninth child of Maximilian Karl Albert, last Count and first Prince o ...
). His maternal grandparents were Baron Johann Kazimir Reviczky de Revisnye and Baroness Rosalie Perényi de Perény.
Personal life
On 11 July 1797 in
Munich
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, he married his first wife, Princess Auguste of Isenburg and Büdingen in Birstein, a granddaughter of
Wolfgang Ernst I of Isenburg-Birstein from his third marriage. Before her death in 1803, they had three children, only one of whom lived to adulthood:
* Prince(ss) of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1798–1798), who died at birth.
* Princess Karoline of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1800–1857)
* Prince(ss) of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1802–1802), who died at birth.
He married again on 30 May 1813 in
Heiligenberg
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Location and climate
Heiligenberg (literally: the H ...
to Princess Leopodine of Fürstenberg (1791–1844), a daughter of
Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg and
Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (a daughter of
Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis
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). Together, they had four children:
*
Friedrich Karl, 5th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1814–1884), who married his first cousin, Princess Theresa of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, a daughter of
Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.
*
Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Princess Katharina Wilhelmine Maria Josepha of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (19 January 1817 – 15 February 1893) was a member of the House of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst by birth and a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sig ...
(1817–1893), who married twice, her second marriage was with
Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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In 1833, Karl summoned a constitutional assembly (''Landtag'') and promulgated a constitutiona ...
, both marriages were childless.
* Prince Karl of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1818–1875), who married Countess Theresa Meraviglia-Crivelli and had issue.
* Prince Egon of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1819–1865), who married Countess Therese Thurn-Hofer und Valsassina and had issue.
Prince Charles Albert and Princess Leopoldine separated few years later, with the Prince withdrawing to live in his Hohenlohe estates.
Descendants
Through his eldest son Friedrich Karl, he was a grandfather of Chlodwig Karl Joseph Maria, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, and great-grandfather of
Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (full German language, German name: ''Friedrich Franz Augustin Maria Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst''; 15 February 1879 in Budapest, Hungary – 24 May 1958 in Curitiba, ...
,
Through his youngest son Egon, he was a grandfather of Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, who married Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis and was the mother of
Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino
Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino, full German language, German name: ''Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis'' (8 July 1881 in Schloss Mzell, Mcely, Mzell, Kingdom of Boh ...
.
Ancestry
Sources
Karl Albrecht III, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg in Schillingsfürst
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1776 births
1843 deaths
House of Hohenlohe
Princes of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst